Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | |||||
| Title: | Evening shower at Imai Bridge | |||||
| Size: | 25.3 x 37.7 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Lifetime reprinting from the original woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Artist’s seal in right print area:
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The kanji used in this seal are:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 巴 | ha | comma-design | |
| 水 | sui | water | Hasui |
Print title in left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 今 | ima | now | |
| 井 | i | a well | |
| 橋 | hashi | bridge | Evening |
| の | no | his | shower |
| 夕 | yū | evening | at |
| 立 | ta(tsu) | stand up | Imai Bridge |
Publisher’s black 6 mm seal (reading Watanabe in katakana) in left bottom corner of print area:
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References
- Brown, Kendall H. (2003, 2008). Kawase Hasui. The complete woodblock prints (2 volumes). Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing.
- Marks, Andreas (2015). Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Provenance: Castle Fine Arts